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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jane Clinton, Matthew Weaver and Nadeem Badshah

New flight nurse reportedly among four dead in Southend plane crash

Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz holding a snow-covered dog in a snowy wood
Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz was on her first day as a flight nurse and described by friends as the ‘kindest soul’. Photograph: Twitter/X

A woman on her first day as a flight nurse was reportedly among four people who died onboard a small medical plane that crashed soon after taking off from London Southend airport on Sunday.

Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz, 31, was a German citizen born in Chile. She had previously worked as a nurse in the public sector and was understood to have married her partner last year.

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